Welt-beater.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

D. H, HADSELL. WELT BEATER. l APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10.1907.

Doi/W Ji M 21965565: 6 4 @au Q 7?0 UNT'TED STATES PATENT onnron.

Donn H. HADSEWLL, or

BRooKToN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNon or ONE-HALF To T. D. BARRY, orBaocKToN, MASSACHUSETTS..

wE'LTfBEATErt.

. 'Specification o! Letters Patent. l

Patented April 2e, ieo's.

Applicaeonmeanecmterio,19072 serin.N.4o5,eo4.

- Brockton, in the county of Plymouth. and

Stateof' Massachusetts, have invented 'van Improvement in Welteaters, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the whereby greaterseed;- work'ma lbe pro uced, `and accompanying llke letters on the`drawings representing like l I blow of the hammer 4 upon the welt, anexdrawings, is a specification,

partes@ l .d .My inventionis'an im rovedwelt beater 'sh and nicety oftory resu ts attained.

' .1. have found; that ythevarious *improperL movements l:of the shoeandthe various def ecti've resultswhich are commonly experi#y en ced, maybe obviated by applying joil'in the v right'amount` the' critical-placebetween p the-upperfand welt, and preferably depend,

upon the beating actlon of the hammer to spread the oil slightlytoward-theY seam and over the upper'surface, and accordingly. myinventionv residesy in the particular com-1 bination which, embodies theabove.

.In the'dlawings, I'I have shown 1n side elevation a usual Goodyear weltbeater contain-A inmyv improvement,`

or the purposes othisfapplication it is unnecessary to'show vandfexplainallthe .conf

' structional-details o f'the machine excepting so far it relatesto'nyrovement.-

The framel.- andjhea knife for cftvltlting the'. welt is ,nekt tothe.seam which joinsfthe .w'eltan upper, said anvil having a curvedundersur-f faee` -tor vbearing 'on the upper 'and` receiving.

the hard-guiding pressurefof the last' 11, A suitable oil supply'1f21ivsrmounted'at a sulicient height to g1ve`a proper headtor the flowof oil contr-.ced by a coek 13, saido'il be' ,conducted .byafpipe 14 tothe anvil 7, whic it enters. at 15, said anvil being provided with-"aduct 16 for'the delivery of the K. oil. Just back 'of the toe or nose 9of the more satisface' 8-CCOm 2 carry a heavy- 'vibrating arm. orlever', 3 yin whose outer end anvil `-at the point Where the pressure ofthe last and upper are apt to be the hardest, or in other words, .atabout midway of the curved undersurface of the anvil, I provide -aysmall outlet opening .17 from' the duct 16, .which permits anexceedingly small but continuous..amount 'of oil to -ooze'forth Viththe'oil duct o ening located as de-I scribed,`the result ist at at eachstroke or ceedingly small amount of oil is spread in a thiniilm over theanvil and adj acent surface Vof the upper toward the "seam, so that thisparticular region of the anvil and -the leather 'areymaintained'sufiiciently' smeared, .but

Withoutlany danger of either too much or too little oil for the bestresults.

By locatingthe oil duct and opening in the the striking action ofthehammerto lish all the Spreading of the oil that is desira le. 1 .Fromthe fore -ta'ge of @ing description it win be articularmanner-described, I take advan obvious that as t e' operatorpresses thelast and its conta/ined upper and welt hard'against the anvil, thedelicate ooze of oil from the the adjacent surfaces.

. Having 'described my invention, what I.

claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters latent, is, A welt beater,comprising an anvil having a top surface for holdlng the welt in ositionto be -beaten out, a, nose to follow t e seam and enter between` thewelt and upper, and a i-urved under `surface to.` receive the adjacentupper as it is hard pressedby the edge* of the last in the rocessof weltbeating, a source of oil su "p yha tube-leading therefrom'to said anvlsaid anvil being provided 'with an internal duct o ening'in the midstof said curvedunder su ace,and a vibrating hammer above said anvll,operating to beat out the Weltonvthe' u'pper sldel of the anvil andfcoperatefwith the work and `anvil in spreadthe oil on :the shoe. u ofthe anvil as'it oozes om s aid opening.

per and underside In'testimony whereof, l have signed my name to thisspecication, inthe presence of it'wo subscribing witnesses.

. ADORR H. HADSELL.

Witnesses CHARLES S. SMITH, [L. s.] SEWELL P. HOWARD. [1.. s.]

.outlet 17 will be spread in-a thin .coating over v

